Named accused in Kushtia pir killing case arrested in Rajshahi
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested Rajib Mistry, the third accused in the case filed over the killing of pir Abdur Rahman, alias Shamim al‑Jahangir, in a mob attack on a darbar in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
He was arrested Thursday night in front of Nasim Hair Dresser on Thana Road under Godagari Police Station in Rajshahi, where he was in hiding.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The arrest was confirmed in a press release signed by Additional Superintendent of Police Sudipta Sarkar, company commander of Rab-12’s Kushtia camp.
With this arrest, four suspects -- including two local men and a student of class ten -- have now been arrested in connection with Shamim’s killing.
On April 11, Shamim was beaten and hacked to death by a mob at his darbar in Philipnagar over allegations of hurting religious sentiments. The darbar was vandalised and set on fire during the attack.
On the night of April 13, Shamim’s elder brother Fazlur Rahman filed a case with Daulatpur Police Station over the April 11 attack that left Shamim dead.
The case named four accused: Khaja Ahmed, former president of Kushtia district Chhatra Shibir and currently a member of the Daulatpur upazila Jamaat-e-Islami working committee; Mohammad Asaduzzaman, president of the Daulatpur upazila unit of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis; Rajib of Darogar Mor area in Philipnagar; and Mohammad Shihab of Islampur village.
The case also listed 180 to 200 unidentified individuals as accused.
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